To try immediately, this soft carrot cake with dark chocolate pieces (not “chips” but actual chocolate pieces) is delicious and fluffy. This is a great cake to decorate thematically or you can enjoy it as is with a sprinkle of powdered sugar or chocolate glaze. To make this soft carrot cake with dark chocolate pieces, you only need simple ingredients and it will be ready to enjoy for a snack or breakfast in no time. This carrot cake is easy to make, without almonds, and if you want, it can be made gluten-free using rice flour as indicated in the recipe.
Simple and soft Carrot Cake without Almonds
Most recipes for making a simple carrot cake include almonds as one of the ingredients, but not everyone prefers them. How can you make a simple, soft carrot cake without almonds? The recipe is right below, but to make it short: almonds are replaced with tasty dark chocolate pieces.
One particular feature of this carrot cake is that it is very soft: each slice is really soft and seems to melt in your mouth. The taste of the carrots is slightly overshadowed by the intense aroma of chocolate, which also balances out the sweetness. Try it out immediately!
Recipe for soft Carrot Cake with Dark Chocolate Pieces
Here’s the recipe for soft carrot cake with dark chocolate pieces. You can use 100 g of chocolate chips if you want a less chocolatey and lower calorie carrot cake. It’s the recipe for success to get even those who don’t like vegetables to eat their carrots!
Carrot cake with chocolate chunks
Other details
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
Ingredients to make the Soft Carrot Cake with Chocolate Chunks
- 250 g all-purpose flour ('00) (1 ¾ cups)
- 250 g fresh carrots (9 oz)
- 125 ml vegetable oil (½ cup)
- 150 g 50-70% dark chocolate chunks (5 ¼ oz)
- 190 g granulated sugar (6 ¾ oz)
- 3 Eggs
- 16 g baking powder (1 packet)
Instructions
How to prepare the Soft Carrot Cake with Chocolate Chunks:
- Before starting to mix the ingredients, there are no shortcuts; we must grate the carrots. Let's begin by washing, peeling, and drying them. Cut off the ends and weigh them: they should weigh 9 oz (250 g). Then, take a tall-sided bowl and grate them one by one with a small round-hole grater. When there is only a small piece of carrot left, we can grate it into thin julienne strips to respect the amount of carrots established by the recipe.
- Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. In a measuring cup, weigh the required amount of vegetable oil. Roughly chop a 5 ¼ oz (150 g) piece of dark chocolate.
- Weigh the necessary amount of sugar in a bowl. Take another bowl and crack the eggs: put the egg yolks in the bowl with the sugar and the egg whites in the other empty bowl. Now, let's start preparing our soft carrot cake without almonds. Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks and set aside.
- Also, whip the egg yolks with the sugar until frothy, which will take exactly 5 minutes. While continuing to whisk the egg yolks with the sugar, reduce the speed of the electric beaters and gradually add some of the sifted oil and flour with baking powder. Turn off the electric beaters and add the grated carrots and chocolate pieces.
- Mix with a spatula to combine all the ingredients in the batter. Finally, add the whipped egg whites and gently mix from the bottom up, always in the same direction, to avoid deflating the mixture.
- Grease and flour a 9 ½ inch (24 cm) springform pan and line the sides with parchment paper. Pour in the batter, level the surface with the spatula, and then vigorously tap the pan on the work surface to release any air bubbles.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes in a static oven at 350°F (180°C). Check the doneness with a toothpick. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before decorating the cake with powdered sugar or a tasty chocolate glaze. Your carrot cake with chocolate chips is ready!
Tips
For a gluten-free version, replace the all-purpose flour with the same amount of rice flour!Conservation
Whatching calories
The calorie count refers to a 1.4 oz (40 g) slice of carrot cake.SHARE the recipe for soft Carrot Cake with Dark Chocolate Pieces.
